Daylight Savings Time tonight! Question....

I need to be up at 4:45 am in order to be to work on time, and I reply on my iPone as my alarm. If I set it for 4:45 will it automatically set the time back an hour at 2 am, and then wake me up at 4:45 (the new 4:45)??

Or will it set time back an hour and then also set my alarm back an hour to compensate (waking me up an hour earlier than I need)?

Or can I even trust that it will set the time back an hour at all (I seem to remember last year there was an issue with the time change)

As for your phone, the time change should be automatic and you should wake up on time.
However last year there was a boondoggle and it borked up on a lot of people. Might set a second alarm just to be sure.

Should I turn off the automatic time update then just for tonight?? If it's set on manual, then I can just set it back an hour when I go to bed... that should work right? And then tomorrow put it back to automatic...

Should I turn off the automatic time update then just for tonight?? If it's set on manual, then I can just set it back an hour when I go to bed... that should work right? And then tomorrow put it back to automatic...

I need to be up at 4:45 am in order to be to work on time, and I reply on my iPone as my alarm. If I set it for 4:45 will it automatically set the time back an hour at 2 am, and then wake me up at 4:45 (the new 4:45)??....

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If you want to not have to worry about a problem with the time change. Having Manual control of the process will give you the best chance.

I would vote to turn off the Automatic Time change, make the change before you go to bed and set your alarm. Then anytime you want to re-enable the Automatic Time change, you are free to turn it back on.

I need to be up at 4:45 am in order to be to work on time, and I reply on my iPone as my alarm. If I set it for 4:45 will it automatically set the time back an hour at 2 am, and then wake me up at 4:45 (the new 4:45)??

Or will it set time back an hour and then also set my alarm back an hour to compensate (waking me up an hour earlier than I need)?

Or can I even trust that it will set the time back an hour at all (I seem to remember last year there was an issue with the time change)

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Just set your alarm and go to bed. You're over-thinking this. The phone will do the right thing. And even if it didn't, the alarm would just go off an hour early - so you wouldn't be late for work anyway.

But seriously, just leave everything set to auto and set your alarm for the time you would on any other day it will work correctly.

Well, I can confirm that my iPhone 4S switched to standard time correctly.

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I spoke too soon. Last night it did switch over at 2:00am to 1:00am. However, this morning, when I got up, I noticed that the phone had switched ahead an hour. All my Calendar appointments (synced through Exchange) are also an hour off. IOW, I have a 12:00 appointment today that says 1:00, so it will go off at the right "real" time.

I'm on AT&T, by the way.

Update: Turning the phone off and back on appears to have fixed the clock, and my calendar entries are still at the right absolute time (my 12:00 appointment is back at 12:00). So there is still a bug, but easily fixed.

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